Regina Ong has over 12 years' experience in project and portfolio management, from business improvement, product development to turnkey projects. Regina's extensive and global experience stemmed from having worked for Bayan Group (Indonesia), Rotary Engineering (Singapore) and Vestas Manufacturing A/S (Denmark). Most recently, Regina joined Lloyd's Register (LR) Global Technology Centre in 2013, establishing the project management support function for Lloyd's Register innovation arm, overseeing the Innovation project portfolio and coaching projects to market.

Recognised as an innovation connector and passionate about equipping the community for this new digital age, Regina regularly conducts workshops for LR and has been a speaker at SMU's Value-Add Talk in 2013. Regina holds an Honours Mechanical & Production Engineering degree from the Nanyang Technological University and the PMI-PMP certification.

Technopreneurs and Intrapreneurs Are All The Rage Now - Where Does The Project Manager Fit In This Age of Disruptive Innovations?

In this age of disruptive innovations, digital transformations and agility, intra- and technopreneurs are in high demand by many multinational, corporate companies as they are seen the elixirs and able to help companies survive or even be forerunners in their industries, especially during data-digital related transformation campaigns or strategy deployment. Beyond that, these characteristics are increasingly being sought-after in individual candidates for operation and execution roles. Are Project Managers still relevant? Where do Project Managers fit in - What project management approaches can be used to support innovation instead of killing or bogging it down, especially in corporate environments?

This presentation highlights the best practices and learning from the speaker’s industry and innovation experience, with case studies, and the impact of the wave of data-digital transformations across industries in recent times on project management approaches to achieve results.